Counsellors with openings today in Nanaimo

117 practitioners in Nanaimo currently show an opening today.

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from $4025 min · lowest listed fee117 practitionerslisted in Nanaimo14of the 46 clinics whose billing we have read$0booking fees, ever

2 openings left today in Nanaimo

Counted across the 12 practitioners on this page rather than the whole city, while the citywide figure catches up — there may be more. Times come straight from each clinic’s calendar and expire when they are taken.

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What counselling costs in Nanaimo

Each clinic’s own listed fee, and the length it buys. Clinicly never marks a price up, and direct billing can vary by practitioner as well as by clinic.

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Island Clinical CounsellingFrom $40 for 25 min — the lowest counselling price shown for this clinic. No bookable opening at this price is shown.Lowest

Good to know

Short answers to what people booking counselling in Nanaimo usually ask.

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How much does counselling cost in Nanaimo?

The median listed price is $165, taken from 438 priced services at 37 clinics in Nanaimo. Half of them fall between $150 and $199.38. 675 services here publish no price at all and are not in that figure. These are the clinics’ own published rates — Clinicly adds no booking fee and never marks a price up.

Is counselling covered by MSP or extended health in British Columbia?

Counselling with a registered clinical counsellor is not covered by MSP. Sessions with a family doctor or psychiatrist are, and some publicly funded and non-profit services are free at the point of use — those are separate from the private clinics indexed here. Private sessions are paid by the patient and claimed on an extended-health plan if it includes counselling, which many do only up to a low annual maximum.

Do I need a referral to book counselling in Nanaimo?

No referral is needed to see a registered clinical counsellor in British Columbia. Some extended-health plans reimburse only for specific designations — RCC, CCC or a registered psychologist — so check which your plan names before you book.

Can I get a same-day appointment in Nanaimo?

Right now, yes: 22 openings are still free today at 6 clinics, out of the 44 clinics we can currently check. We could not check 3 other clinics in Nanaimo, so there may be more. Openings are read from each clinic’s own calendar and kept regularly up to date, rather than checked live, so confirm with the clinic before you travel.

Which Nanaimo clinics direct-bill my insurer?

14 clinics of the 46 clinics whose billing page we have read in Nanaimo state they submit a claim for you. Public funders named most often: ICBC (9), Veterans Affairs (1), FNHA · NIHB (1) — those pay the clinic instead of you. Patient plans named most often: Extended health plans (7), GreenShield (5), TELUS eClaims (4), Canada Life (3) — claiming on one of those spends your own annual maximum. We have not read the billing page of 1 other clinic in Nanaimo; that is a gap in our records, not a clinic that declines to direct-bill. These are the clinics’ own words, repeated — confirm with them before you book, because whether a particular claim goes through is between the clinic and the payer.

Counselling nearby

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Other care in Nanaimo

Massage therapy154 practitioners Physiotherapy77 practitioners Chiropractic40 practitioners Kinesiology24 practitioners Naturopathic medicine20 practitioners Optometry19 practitioners Acupuncture18 practitioners

Clinics in Nanaimo

Island Clinical CounsellingDowntown / Old City The Therapy PlaceDowntown / Old City Soma House Counselling & PsychotherapyWestwood

Local context

Counselling in Nanaimo: what it costs, how fast you get in

Clinicly holds 165 practitioners across 129 clinics in Nanaimo, which is what makes comparing them worth doing at all. Half of the listed prices sit between $150 and $199.38, but the lengths behind them differ — $40 · 25 min and $330 · 1 hr 50 min are usually not the same treatment for a different price, they are different treatments. 3 clinics here cannot currently be checked for availability, so anything this page says about openings is about the rest.

The fifty-minute hour is close to universal in counselling, which makes this the one discipline on Clinicly where two prices are usually for the same appointment. What the difference between them reflects is the practitioner rather than the session — most often their designation, which is on each of their own pages here where a clinic or a register has told us what it is.

Where these numbers come from

Prices: 438 services at 37 clinics, from their own published fee schedules.
Openings: read from the booking systems of 44 clinics, last reconciled 16 Sept 2026.
Billing: read from the billing pages of 46 clinics; 1 not yet read.
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